Theater
“The Hundred Dresses” resonates with audiences young and old
First Stage's charming production offers lessons on fear, courage, and the power of words, in a story that speaks to audiences of all ages.
Mar 28th, 2011 by Peggy Sue Dunigan
Devita honors actors through his own story and Shakespeare’s
Jim DeVita mixes autobiography, humor and spellbinding selections from the Bard in Renaissance Theaterworks latest production.
Mar 28th, 2011 by Michael Barndt
Off the Wall stages a fierce “Mother Courage”
Dale Gutzman's version of Bertolt Brecht's 1939 anti-war play is powerful and relevant.
Mar 26th, 2011 by Paul Masterson
Half funny, half not
Playwright goes for heart-tugging when wisecracks and one-liners would have been enough.
Mar 26th, 2011 by Tom Strini
Two talented girls, “100 Dresses”
Meet Katherin Pollnow and Marion Frank, two of the child actors in the First Stage Children's Theater show that opens Friday.
Mar 24th, 2011 by Peggy Sue Dunigan
Helping students reach their true potential
Mark talks with MPS teacher Ralph Janes about how theater and the arts are powerful tools for creating autonomous, high-achieving students.
Mar 24th, 2011 by Mark Metcalf
Gershwin on the Musical Mainstage
Singers from the Milwaukee area's A-list remember George and Ira.
Mar 23rd, 2011 by Peggy Sue Dunigan
Shakespeare’s da bomb at The Rep
The Stackner Cabaret's madcap "Bomb-itty of Errors" is a tour-de-force of rap, rhyme and rhythm.
Mar 22nd, 2011 by Peggy Sue Dunigan
The Skylight’s mid-century modern “Cosi fan tutte”
Dmitri Toscas reset this battle of the sexes in Chicago, 1958, and leveled the playing field for the women.
Mar 21st, 2011 by Marianne Kordas
New! Actors argue the state of the stage in “Back and Forth”
Patrick Schimtz's new play at the Alchemist is based on 75 people from the theater scene.
Mar 20th, 2011 by Matthew Reddin
Brainless comedy, super singing
The Florentine Opera's staging of Rossini's "Italian Girl in Algiers" charms, amuses, impresses.
Mar 19th, 2011 by Tom Strini
The Rep’s rapped Shakespeare
"Comedy of Errors" goes hip-hop in "Bomb-itty of Errors," opening Sunday in the Rep's Stackner Cabaret.
Mar 18th, 2011 by Peggy Sue Dunigan
